The Business Coaching Toolkit: Top 10 Strategies for Solving the Toughest Dilemmas Facing Organizations [Hardcover]

Stephen G. Fairley (Author), William Zipp (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0470146923 | ISBN-13: 978-0470146927 | Publication Date: November 2, 2007 | Edition: 1

Discover the 10 best Coaching practices for solving problems and implementing change with clients--right away

Coaching works, there's no doubt about that. But the coaching industry is going through tremendous change that all professional coaches need to address.

Equipping coaching professionals to stay on the cutting-edge of their craft, The Business Coaching Toolkit: Top 10 Strategies for Solving the Toughest Dilemmas Facing Organizations expertly provides a collection of application-based, proven tools that present creative solutions to common situations encountered in today's workplace.

This hands-on guide creatively empowers professionals to:
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Achieve greater performance by identifying and maximizing strengths and managing weaknesses
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Lead their team or client through setting specific, measurable, and reasonable goals
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Discover the deeper meaning of vision and tie goals into the client's core values
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Guide clients through a comprehensive analysis of their current situation--the good, the bad, and the ugly


Whether it's increasing a client's time management skills, giving feedback to an employee, or building a leadership team, The Business Coaching Toolkit presents a valuable supply of straightforward exercises designed to bring a new dimension to every coaching professional's work with clients.

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The Business Coaching Toolkit
Top 10 Strategies for Solving the Toughest Dilemmas Facing Organizations

Increasingly, organizations are tapping into the benefits of bringing in an executive coach to help their businesses and employees achieve higher levels of success, build team proficiency, or improve employee performance.

Easy to follow and apply, The Business Coaching Toolkit equips professional coaches with ten time-tested coaching techniques, providing step-by-step guidance on how and when to utilize each tool to maximize change and produce measurable results. Extensively used and perfected in a wide variety of settings, the featured tools are drawn both from the authors' own experiences as well as those of other accomplished business coaches and consultants and are designed to strengthen the coaching professional's skill set.

Written for professional business coaches and consultants, professional speakers and trainers, internal coaches, and managers and executive leaders, The Business Coaching Toolkit can be used in one-on-one coaching relationships, manager-to-employee contexts, or in-group settings. This extraordinary guide enables readers to create a structured program with powerful application tools to build teams, cast vision, master priorities, and become more effective, inspired, and productive coaches.

From the Back Cover

Discover the 10 best Coaching practices for solving problems and implementing change with clients—right away

Coaching works, there's no doubt about that. But the coaching industry is going through tremendous change that all professional coaches need to address.

Equipping coaching professionals to stay on the cutting-edge of their craft, The Business Coaching Toolkit: Top 10 Strategies for Solving the Toughest Dilemmas Facing Organizations expertly provides a collection of application-based, proven tools that present creative solutions to common situations encountered in today's workplace.

This hands-on guide creatively empowers professionals to:

• Achieve greater performance by identifying and maximizing strengths and managing weaknesses

• Lead their team or client through setting specific, measurable, and reasonable goals

• Discover the deeper meaning of vision and tie goals into the client's core values

• Guide clients through a comprehensive analysis of their current situation—the good, the bad, and the ugly

Whether it's increasing a client's time management skills, giving feedback to an employee, or building a leadership team, The Business Coaching Toolkit presents a valuable supply of straightforward exercises designed to bring a new dimension to every coaching professional's work with clients.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 256 pages
• Publisher: Wiley; 1 edition (November 2, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0470146923
• ISBN-13: 978-0470146927
• Product Dimensions: 6.4 x 0.9 x 9.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #685,193 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A straightforward book about business coaching that covers the tools necessary to do one's job: people skills and biz strategy., February 9, 2008

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Jeff Lippincott "JLIPPIN" (Princeton, NJ USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Business Coaching Toolkit: Top 10 Strategies for Solving the Toughest Dilemmas Facing Organizations (Hardcover)

This was a very good book. It was written well and an easy read. It is written for business coaches who will benefit from having different problem solving techniques presented to them. Some of what is covered has to do with how to effectively use people skills to help the people being coached. While other things covered had to do with what solutions to recommend when coaching. The book had 11 chapters as follows:

0. Introduction: The evolution of personal coaching
1. Developing a leadership vision (It's not what you think!)
2. The 1% solution
3. Getting things done through others
4. Making goals smart
5. The power of positive praise
6. Making feedback effective
7. A new twist on SWOT
8. The life leadership dashboard
9. The 6th suitcase
10. What color is your team?
11. Using the 10 tools
Appendix: the 10 tools summarized

I'm a SCORE (Senior Corps of Retired Executives) volunteer business coach. Just about everything covered in this book directly relates to what I do in my capacity as a SCORE volunteer. I was a very interested reader while turning the pages. And I must say I was not disappointed with what was presented. I won't say I learned anything new. And I don't think there is any rocket science included. But for a seasoned business coach and entrepreneur this book was a fun read for me. 5 stars!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A wonderful, practical guide to coaching, December 21, 2008

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Bill Collier "www.collierbiz.com" (St. Louis, Missouri USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Business Coaching Toolkit: Top 10 Strategies for Solving the Toughest Dilemmas Facing Organizations (Hardcover)

The authors have put together a terrific resource for business coaches - whether the people you coach are your employees or clients. The information is expertly presented in a nuts-and-bolts way so even "non-coaches" can benefit from it. I especially like the "Top 10 Ways to Use This Tool" section after each strategy, and Chapter 11, "Using the 10 Tools." Fairley and Zipp coach the reader through the use of their tools and strategies, and include their own real-life approaches. I own dozens of business books, but this is one of the select few which I'll keep close at hand for ongoing reference.

Bill Collier
Collier Business Advisors, LLC
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Author of ...
How to Succeed as a Small Business Owner ... and Still Have a Life

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Bill Zipp practices what he preaches, February 24, 2008

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Charles Kelley (Philomath, Oregon) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Business Coaching Toolkit: Top 10 Strategies for Solving the Toughest Dilemmas Facing Organizations (Hardcover)

This book review is written from a different perspective. I am not a professional business coach, but I have benefited from Bill Zipp's coaching and mentoring for several years. If he writes like he coaches this book should be 10 stars.

As I have surveyed 'The Business Coaching Toolkit' I recognized several themes that Bill encouraged me to consider, the one percent solution, the sixth suitcase, SMART goals and the new twist on SWOT. But, more importantly, is that he walked me through each of the exercises and assignment with a combination of competence and care. The process enriched my life and enhance my effectiveness as a leader. He wasn't able to change my weaknesses into strength, but he was able to help me identify areas that need attention and then gave me some tools to do my best.

I recommend this book because I recommend the author.

Charles David Kelley
President
Bridge Builders International